HEADMASTERS’ASSOCIATION ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING MINUTES OF THE GENERAL BODY MEETING OF THE GHA THE YEAR 2019-2020

The Annual General body of the Goa Headmasters Association (GHA) was held on Wednesday, the 24th April 2019 at 9:30am at Caritas – Panaji-Goa.

The Agenda for the meeting was as follows: 1) Prayer Moment. 2) Welcome 3) Adoption of the Agenda 4) To Confirm the minutes of last General Body Meeting 5) Matters arising out of minutes 6) Introduction of New Heads 7) Welcome speech by the President 8) Felicitation of Retired / Retiring Heads at the hands of Director, SCERT Tea Break 9) Secretary’s Report 10) Un-audited Statement of accounts (2018-19) 11) Budget for the Year 2019-20 12) Report of the Goa Talent Search Examination (2018-19) 13) Report of the Prelims (2018-19) 14) Open Forum 15) A.O.B with the permission of the Chair 16) Vote of Thanks 17) Election for the GC of GHA

1. PRAYER MOMENTS: The meeting began with a prayer led by Sr. Liberata Fernandes.

2. WELCOME: The President Shri Vithoba Desai welcomed all the Heads of the Institutions. He thanked all the Heads of the Institutions, Governing body members and Executive members during his tenure for the last 2 years for their cooperation and support.

3. The adoption of the Agenda : Shri Madhav Kharvi, the Secretary moved the house for the adoption of the agenda and a point of Income tax was added.

4. The Minutes of the last General body meeting was Proposed by Mr. Arun Nagvekar Seconded by Mr. Mhalsakant Despande.

5. Matters arising out of the Minutes: There was no issue carried out of the minutes.

6. Introduction of New Heads:

The following heads introduced themselves and the president welcomed them with a rose.

Name of the Head & Name of the Mobile No E-mail School 1. Mrs. Chitra D. Sawant, Dona Leonor [email protected] Memorial H/S – Alto Betim. 2. Mrs. Suman S.Gaonkar, Vijyanand H/S [email protected] Tikhazen –Maye Bicholim-Goa. Mr. Orlando Vaz, St.Xavier 3. [email protected] Vidyalaya Korgao, Pernem. 4. Mrs. Anita R.Keny New Era High 9850741822 neweraschoolmargao School @gmail.com 5. Mrs. Seema Prabhu Shradhanand 9423882346 Gaonkar Vidhyalay Paingin 6. Mr. Chetan A. Kubal Dr. Ambedkar 9764679878 English Kuchelim- Mapusa

7. Felicitation of Retired/ Retiring Heads at the hands of the president. The president Shri Vithoba Desai

Name of the Head & E- Name of the mail School 1. Union H/S Mr. Arun Nagvekar Chimbel- 2. Joao Inacio Furtado Our Lady of Health H/S Cuncolim, 3. Maria Elsa Catarina Our Lady Santanna Dias Mother of the Poor H/S – Tilamol 4. Mrs. Parvatidev Saraswat Pandurang Nadkarni Vidyalaya Khorlim- Mapusa 5. Mohandas A. Bhagat Sharada English H/S Marcela-Ponda 6. Miss Maria Elizabeth Sacred Heart Brazilia Ines of Jesus H/S Mascarenhas Carmona - Salcete 7. Mrs. Usha Shirish Naik Radhakrishna Vidyalaya- Bicholim 8. Mrs. Purnima Ramesh Narque

8. School Software Management: Easynov company gave a gist about the software.

TEA BREAK: We resumed at 11:40p.m

9. Secretary’s Report: After the Tea break Secretary, Shri Madhav Kharvi gave a brief report of the activities held.

10. Un-audited Statement of accounts (2018-19): Mr. Damodar Phadte Treasurer presented the unaudited statement.

11. Budget for the year 2019-20: Mr. Damodar Phadte presented the Budget. It was proposed by Mr. Alvito Fernandes and passed by Mrs. Vishali Khandeparkar

12. Report of the Goa Talent Search Examination (2018-19): Mr. Sudesh Parodkar briefed the gathering regarding the GTSE and thanked all the heads for their cooperation.

13. Report of the Prelims: The Vice President of Examination Mr. Martin Rodrigues was happy with the participation of the schools. He also made a mention that the paper setters have to do their job well.

14. Open Forum: i) Election Duty: All the Heads and the teachers on Election Duty were asked to get the relieving order from Collectorate. ii) Sr. Flavia wanted the question papers of GTSE and that they are available in the GHA Office. iii) NSQF: A point of NSQF was raised and the House was informed that in each taluka one school or Higher Secondary would be given. iv) A point on the arrears which the Government credited on 29th March was discussed.

15. A.O.B with the Permission of the Chair 1. Income Tax Officers to deal TDS Mrs. Neeta Manguesh and Mrs Vidhya Degse.

16. Election for the GC of GHA: Mr. Damodar Phadte was the Presiding Officer and conducted the elections. Following are the members

Sr. Designation Name No

1 President Mr. Mariano Valadares 2 Vice President Mr. Madhav Kharvy 3 Secretary Sr. Liberata Fernandes 4 Treasurer Mr. Conrad Mendes 5 Joint Secretary Mrs. Jesuina Flora Valadares 6 Joint Treasurer Mr. Hemant M. Kamat 7 Immediate Past Mr. Vithoba Dessai President 8 GTSE Co-ordinator Mr. Mhalsakant Despande 9 Editor Communicator Mr. Vilas Satarkar

TALUKA REPRESENTATIVE 1 TR Salcete Mr. Francisco G. Goes 2 TR Salcete Ms Svetlana Borges 3 TR Salcete Ms. Mable Da costa 4 TR Tiswadi Mr. John S. M. Fernandes 5 TR Sanguem Fr. Pio Furtado 6 TR Bardez & Vice Mr. Sanjay Shirgaonkar President Academics 7 TR Bardez Mr. Shashikant Naik 8 TR Mr. Subhash Shirodkar 9 TR Ponda Mr. Joao Erwin Colaco 10 TR Pednem Mr. Rajendra Bondre 11 TR Quepem Fr. Manuel Vaz 12 TR Dharbandora Sr. Flory Rodrigues 13 TR Bicholim & Vice Mr. Martin Rodrigues President Examination 14 TR Canacona Sr. Tresilla Pinto 15 TR Sattari

17. Vote of thanks: Mr. Damodar Phadte proposed the vote of thanks and thanked all for their presence and kind suggestions. All were requested to join in for the delicious lunch.